~~~making a home Smonday~ *DH edition **

KC1212 · January 2014

1.) Does your DH do any household chores ?

2.) If so what are they?

3.) If no, what messy habits does he do that gets on your nerves the most (feel free to share this anyway)

Me:

1.) he does kitchen and trash. Oh and he does the litter box because I got out that one "in case I might be pregnant" (that's my excuse)

He often loads the dish washer and doesn't run it, I'm ALWAYS stuck cleaning the bathrooms and I often pile clean laundry on his side of the bed and he still won't take a hint!

So feel free to unload about your DH!

Momarazzi007 · January 2014

1&2- toilets and trash, helps w dishes and does most of pots and pans. I do most stuff but we 30/70 on laundry (I have more with DD's clothes)
I wish he'd sweep or wipe counters but eh.
He takes breaks when we are actively cycling- I think bc he rebels against the hormone roller coaster and my unwillingness to help, then I get mad and clean everything and bitch about how I shouldn't be touching Clorox. Good times!!!

pettycrocker · January 2014

1) If I ask him to

2) Pretty much whatever I ask him to do

3) He just crumples trash (like pieces of paper, old receipts, candy wrappers) and leaves them on top of whatever table/surface instead of throwing them in the actual trash can. Wtf?! Every day I am throwing out wads of trash that he just leaves around the effing house.

annibes · January 2014

I really shouldn't complain. DH does a lot of the cooking, almost all the laundry, and he does dishes and vacuums on his own.

But I will complain- he feels like I don't do anything around the house, but the stuff I do is stuff that he doesn't even do when I ask because he says it's too hard (organizing, creating space for all of DS' toys, creating systems so that we don't have to live in piles of stuff, etc).

My biggest pet peeve would be our difference in what we call "doing the dishes." To DH, that means there are no dirty dishes in the sink. To me, that means the sink gets wiped out after it drains, the stove gets wiped up, the counters get cleaned, the hand-washed dishes get dried and put away. This is a big part of the reason he thinks I don't do as much around the house, and it's partly my problem. I see these chores as major tasks because I have cleaning ADD, whereas he can do the bare minimum and feel like he accomplished something. I start to do the dishes and suddenly my whole house is clean.

Jeffreysmom24 · January 2014

DH does all of the cooking and grocery shopping, plus he is in charge of the litter boxes ( same reasoning as KC)

My biggest complaint is that he often complains that I am wasting my time doing chores after work and then I am too tired to do anything later. But the only time that I really have to load/unload the dishwasher, do laundry, feed the cats etc is after Jeffrey goes to bed so I really don't have a choice.

jstrat53 · January 2014

1. yes, he does.

2. He will do pretty much anything I ask him to. We pick a day to clean house and we split up the chores so we get done faster! On a daily basis though, the only thing he does it take out the trash. I do all the dishes, wiping down counter-tops and stove, putting away toys, laundry...

3. He just throws clothes on the floor all over the bedroom. He will throw dirty clothes, literally, 2 feet from the hamper!

chrissynena · January 2014

1.) Does your DH do any household chores ? 2.) If so what are they? We actually have a pretty good system worked out, although his def of clean and mine are completely different (I have what MH calls a "condition"). I do all the laundry and he puts it all away (except for the baby's), he unloads the dishwasher and I load it. He does the litter (for same reason as above or really because I never started doing it again after giving birth). He cleans the bathroom, and I clean just about everything else. He does do all of the outside work, well I help with leaves he does snow. He will do any random chore I ask if I need him too. Our schedules don't match up very well.

3.) If no, what messy habits does he do that gets on your nerves the most (feel free to share this anyway) His flippin newspaper is always all over the place. Seriously pick that shit up. It takes 2 seconds to walk it to the recycling bin.

Blackvelvet · January 2014

1) He started helping with the dishes recently I really really hate doing them and they would get stacked up so he is helping with them

3) He leaves little hairs all over the counter and sink when he shaves every morning I hate it

tuscanbride2007 · January 2014

1. and 2.) He does most of the cooking, but hates cleaning so that is left up for me to do. He also will do and fold laundry (I HATE folding laundry) and almost all of the outside chores are left for him.

3.) Where to start? Well, I hate that he piles his dishes in the sink when the dishwasher is right next it! When he is driving (whether it's my car or his truck) he throws all of his trash in the passenger side floorboard and does not take it out. So when I get in on that side I step all over the trash. GRR. Ok, I will stop at this one because I could probably go on and on...he leaves his dirty clothes every where. He refuses to walk them down the hall to the laundry room. He thinks we should have a hamper in our room, but there isn't a place for it, so in rebellion to this he puts his dirty clothes all over the bathroom and bedroom floor.

I blame his mother for all of the above!

freakyfast · January 2014

1.) Does your DH do any household chores ? On his own? sometimes. If I ask him to do something he will.

2.) If so what are they? He does his own laundry, and mostly yard work.

3.) If no, what messy habits does he do that gets on your nerves the most (feel free to share this anyway) - He never makes the effin bed. I need to have the bed made! I don't' know why but I do and he never makes it. Last out should make it and he is ALWAYS the last person out. He also leaves his coffee cups everywhere.

Amerbutt81 · January 2014

The only specific chores he does is the trash and yard work. He also does the night time routine of putting the monster to bed at night. Beyond that, he'll make the bed, empty the dishwasher or any thing that I ask him to. I do the meal planning, shopping, cooking, cleaning ,etc.

He doesn't put shit away and it drives me BONKERS. Last New Years Day we came home from a party and he left his shoes on the landing in the living room, and I refused to move them. My friends and I had a running tally and we called it ShoeGate 2013. They stayed there until July 6th, when we finally had a huge blow up about something, and I was like "AND ANOTHER THING! MOVE YOUR GODDAMN SHOES!"

Nothing like bottling up your emotions, amiright?

Jen071407 · January 2014

MH is actually really awesome about helping out even thought he works 60+ hours/week. He does almost all of the cooking because he enjoys it and it helps him unwind. As a take care of I take care of the dishes. He'll also help with anything I specifically ask. We share mowing the lawn and snow blowing/shoveling. I am in charge of the laundry.

He has a few messy habits that drive me bonkers - he takes a coffee cup to work every morning. He brings the clean cup into the car and puts the dirty one that was still in the car on the step in the garage. He also always leaves his dirty boxers on the bathroom floor every morning. Both of these things often sit there for days because I refuse to clean up after him when I'm cleaning up after my girls all day [-( Overall though, neither of us has that neat-freak quality, which is rather unfortunate!

CheesyPeas · January 2014

1.) Does your DH do any household chores ? He does.

2.) If so what are they? He mows, does snow removal, takes out the trash and recycling, and cooks

3.) If no, what messy habits does he do that gets on your nerves the most (feel free to share this anyway) Everything!!! He is oblivious about how messy he is. For example, on a daily basis, I find trash on the kitchen counter, frequently right above the cabinet with the trash can. How much effort more effort do you exert by putting the foil from the top of a yogurt container into the trash rather than setting it on the counter? Seriously! And it drives me nuts that he thinks "common areas" are his closet. He accummulates several pairs of shoes, shirts and pants he takes off, and of course his winter jacket on the floor of our family room. He's just messy messy messy. Okay, vent over.

Momarazzi007 · January 2014

Amerbutt81 said:
The only specific chores he does is the trash and yard work. He also does the night time routine of putting the monster to bed at night. Beyond that, he'll make the bed, empty the dishwasher or any thing that I ask him to. I do the meal planning, shopping, cooking, cleaning ,etc.

He doesn't put shit away and it drives me BONKERS. Last New Years Day we came home from a party and he left his shoes on the landing in the living room, and I refused to move them. My friends and I had a running tally and we called it ShoeGate 2013. They stayed there until July 6th, when we finally had a huge blow up about something, and I was like "AND ANOTHER THING! MOVE YOUR GODDAMN SHOES!"

Nothing like bottling up your emotions, amiright?

Oh wow! Had similar issue w hubs! Asked him to shake out table cloth and put on washer machine January 2013 (I had hurt my elbow and HE asked me what he could do to help). October it was still sitting by door and I lost it. He was like, I didn't even see it there..."

CeCe8579 · January 2014

1.) Does your DH do any household chores? He takes out the trash sometimes but he works 12-16 hours a day and I stay at home plus I like doing household stuff (I know, I'm a weirdo) so I do most of it. He does pick up after himself though.

2.) If so what are they? He puts his stuff away and cleans up the messes he makes.

3.) If no, what messy habits does he do that gets on your nerves the most (feel free to share this anyway)
He's pretty clean. We are both a little OCD.

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